Paper-feeding device.



H. C.'G.lLLE SPlE- PAPER FEEDING DEVICE. APPLICATION mm mm. 17. ysn'.

1,242,343; "Patented 0% 9,1917.

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I steeificatibn bf Le t te irsrateiitf Patented 9 Application filediltlarch 17, win-serial No. 135,527 5 2 4 To all whom it may concern. l i

Be it known that I, HENRY C. GILLESPIE,

a citizen of the-United State residing at Rupert, in the-county of Minidoka and'State' of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Feeding Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being 'hadto the ing drawings.

This invention relates to paper feeding devices and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character especially designed and adapted for'use in con-' nection with a-printing press; and it is an ob ect of the invention to provide novel and improved means whereby the devlce is able part of a press to deliver sheets of paper thereto. I

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination-and arrangement of the several parts of my improved feeding device whereby certain important advantages are attained and the vdea paper feeding device constructed in ac-- cordance with an embodimentof my invention, the coacting movable part of a press being indicated diagrammatically;

Fig. 2 is a view in top plan of my 1mproved feeding device as herein embodied;

and 1 Fig. 3 is a View partly in elevation and partly in section of my improved feedm device as herein set forth.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, C'denotes the cylinder of a press which may be operated in any desired manner and to which sheets are delivered from the feed table T. The cylinder C is provided adjacent one end with a segmental bar or arm 1 for a purpose to be hereinafter referred to. It is to he understood, however, that ifpreferred the bar or arm 1 may be operatlvely connected with any rotatable part of a press as will meet the requirements of practice.

HCCOHlPZIIlY .Thlbp osit" sides of th zare provided with the upstanding brackets 2 provided with the forwardly directed arms 3'; 'Rot'atably supported by the arms 3 is the shaft 4 and suitably ailixed to oneend por-, tion of the shaft 4 is the friction wheel 5' adapted to be engaged by the arm 1 hereinbefore referred to and whereby it will beperceived'that the shaft 4 will be intermittently rotated upon the completion of each revolution of the cylinder C.

6 denotes a plurality of arms overlying the top of the table T and the opposite end of each of said arms are'provided withforks '7, one of said forks 7 having disposed therethrough the shaft 4: and suitably aflixed to said shaft 4: within each of the forks 7 is a sprocket wheel 8. Disposed through the second fork of each of the arms 6 is a-shaft '9 having suitably affixed thereto and withinthe fork a sprocket wheel 10.

The sprocket wheels 8 and 10 are operatively connected by the chain ll-whereby the same will'be caused to rotate in unison. The opposite end portions of the shaft '9 have suitably securedthereto the ,rollersorwheels I 12 having their peripheries formed'of rubber or the like, as indicated at 14:, and which are adapted to engage a sheet of paper and press upon,

cause the same; to be fed to the requisite rotation of the shaft 4.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a feeding device constructed [in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well-adapted for :use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification .withoutmaterial departure from the principles and spirit thereof I and for this reason I do-not wish to'be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several .parts herein shown n carrying out my 1nvention, in practice, except as hereinafter claimed. I

I claim:

1. In combination with a feed table and a driving member,a shaft supported bythe feed table, coacting friction means carried by the driving member and the shaft for intermittently rotating the shaft, arms loosely engaged with the shaft, feed rollers supported by the arms, and an operative connection between the shaft and the feed rollers whereby said rollers are caused to rotate simultaneously with the rotation of the shaft.

2. In combination with a feedta ble a driving member, a shaft supported bythe feed table, eoaeting means carried by the driving member and theshaft for intermittently rotating the shaft an arm loosely 10 el lgaged with the shaft, a feed roller sup Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressin WashingtomD. G. v j

ported by the arln, and an operativeconnection between theshaft and the feed roller whereby said roller is caused to rotate simul taneously with the rotation of the shaft.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my 1 g the Commissioner of Patents.. 

